Plains Railway Turntable Installation

$100 donated
Given by 1 generous donor in 4 years

Help us restore the former Linwood Locomotive Depot turntable for use at The Plains Museum.

Canterbury

We've recently acquired the turntable from the former Linwood Locomotive Depot in Christchurch and are now fundraising to install it in the near future.

Turntables are used for turning engines and carriage so they can run in the opposite direction, opening our railway up to some different operations and allowing excursion trains from Christchurch or beyond to visit us.

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Providing a look back through the ages for young and old and showing people how things used to be done by running our railway and putting our vintage machinery collection to use

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Guest Donor on 26 Jul 2015
Loved the whole place when I visited ..... and loved the cakes we had even more !!
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This campaign started on 26 Jul 2015 and ended on 1 Jan 2020.